[U-Boot-Users] Boot Linux kernel from external HDD, connected to PCI interface.

[Rune Torgersen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leonid

> I have AMCC PPC440EP card with Silicon Image 680 PCI-IDE 
> chip, external HDD is connected to it as IDE1 - see snapshot 
> from Linux booting log:

> The question is does u-boot itself support Silicon Image or, 
> by other words, can I boot kernel from some partition on HDD 
> (behind this PCI-IDE chip) and if yes - how?

Yes. Easilly. The 680 chip is a standard IDE controller.

just enable IDE support (COMMAND_IDE), and set

#define CFG_ATA_BASE_ADDR			set this to BAR5 on the
0680 chip
#define CFG_ATA_REG_OFFSET			0x80
#define CFG_ATA_DATA_OFFSET			0x80
#define CFG_ATA_ALT_OFFSET			0x80

Then the normal IDE commands just works